Sony's Request For IP Addresses Granted

[justinian]

thranx said:

justinian said:

thranx said:

Jay520 said:

I don't see why people are getting upset. If you didn't do anything, what's the worst thing that could happen?

Many people just prefer their privacy. Also many fear the kind of precedent this will set for other corporations. The easiest way to look at it is how would you feel if this was MIcrosoft doing this? Or Phillip Morris? Etc. I think many are blind by sony and dont see their privacy/consumer rights being attacked here. I do

Have you read the terms and conditions of MS Kinect? .. if you own one of course.

Yea some reall scary stuff in there. About if it is on and there is video of you breaking the law the cops (yes authorities backed by the government, not corporations) can subpeona that info. But that is the case with any video of you breaking the law. For that reason I keep all video recording off if I choose to break the law(of which used to be smoking marijuana, which i do legaly now. I am not a criminal dont want that impression out there). Was there something else in there you were talking about? I already know that any video (wether it is from kinect, eye toy, your pc cam, or a security cam) can be used against you. I admit I have not read the whole thing, I do not with most EULA or ToS as I already know if there is anyhting in their infringing on my rights it is registsered null and voided by the courts as you can not contrasct yourself out of your rights.

I can't remember it all. I bought it for my nephew at christmas and remember setting it up with him. In my job stuff like terms and conditions matter so it was natural for me to read it.

But one thing stuck out. Break the law in front of your Kinect system? You could be up against the law.

See if you can find the full document online.

It's amazing that the MS fanatics find Sony getting a few IP addresses a serious breach of their privacy but MS can spy on them through Kinect and they absolutely love it.